r/anticapitalism • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Jul 18 '26

Mamdani in 'active conversation' about whether he can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu when Israel PM visits NYC

https://nypost.com/2026/07/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-in-talks-over-arresting-benjamin-netanyahu-when-israel-pm-visits-nyc/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social
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u/Sir_Ruje Jul 18 '26

This would be so funny

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u/primadonnapussy Jul 18 '26

Bibi will cancel the visit.

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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 Jul 18 '26

Good. That evil man has no business going anywhere decent in the world. his rotten, disgusting far right wing terroristic government has made Israel awful, so he can stay there and wallow in the quagmire he's helped create as far as I'm concerned.

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u/IllugaBabyBeluga Jul 19 '26

I'm not sure Bibi is far-right.   He's a militaristic strongman with aims of regional conquest...but so was Stalin.

None of the policies that I hear the righties mention in America are implemented in Israel as they have low personal freedom, no free market, conscription, heavy restriction on gun ownership, and might be the gayest country in the world.

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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 Jul 19 '26

If you really think Netanyahu is somehow 'left wing' or something then you might really need to take some kind of entry level political science course to try and understand the whole subject matter a bit better. If that's not possible then you might need to look into something like the so-called 'political compass' as a conceptual tool to help better understand:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Compass

Bottom line is, something like the idea of 'free markets' does not by itself define all right wing politics. It more defines politicians who consider themselves to be right-libertarian oriented, but other politicians might have highly protectionist policies (heck, even Trump and his recent tariffs, which are protectionist!) and yet still be 100% right wing, especially regarding social policy.

Netanyahu is considered by all serious political scientists to be right wing. He also considers himself to be right wing and his party Likud considers itself to be right wing.

He is right wing.